by Peter Harris
Epilogue
Gwynneth lived by the Lake for the rest of her days, and faithfully guarded the Sword in the stone, and the scabbard also. And she founded a college of the mysteries of the Goddess, to prepare for the time to come when the long-awaited Man and Woman would arise to claim the sword and scabbard and heal the land. And many came to her from all over Britain, so that the old wisdom was not lost, though the priests of the new faith spread their teachings throughout the land, and took over the sacred sites, and chopped down many of the sacred groves. But they never found the lake or the college. And it is said that the Old Man of Avalon came there and helped her for many years, preparing for the coming of the Pendragon. The Emerald Grail (of which many tales tell) was brought there also.
Gwynneth’s successors guarded the Sword well while the years ran swiftly by and the world changed, until at last the awaited signs were given, and the Old Man of Avalon was seen again in the western woods. Then the Sword was given into the hand of a warrior who was worthy of the Goddess: Arthur the Pendragon, deliverer of the land we now know as Britain; founder of Logres, builder of Camelot. He drew the Sword from the stone, and so it became known as Excalibur, as it had been made by Calibur and also drawn from the Calibur, the sacred stone.
Though Camelot fell, and the Sword was reclaimed by the lake, they say Arthur was taken to Avalon in a sacred barge, and that the sword sleeps in the lake, until the reawakening of Logres. Merlin, they say, went into the earth, where he sleeps still, keeping the magic of Camelot alive in the Wouivre of Logres, until the awakening.
Calibur finished Anselm’s Book of the Five Elements, and through it many found the Marriage of Opposites and the path back to the Goddess. In latter days it was deemed too subversive even to be placed on the Index of Forbidden Books, but was secretly hunted down, and through fire the original manuscript was lost to the world. But before that happened, some true and faithful copies were made, and one of these found its way to Camelot.
After the fall of Camelot, when the Sword was taken back into the depths of the sacred lake, some precious fragments of the Book passed into a stream of wisdom from which some still drink to this day. For the world of men has never been without a witness to those truths which would restore a balance seemingly lost forever.
So it was that long after the fall of Camelot, a new Quest was founded, in the face of great persecution, for a return to the Divine Feminine in the West. The nine knights who began the quest became known as the Templars. But that, as they say, is another Story.
The End
How to find out more about the lost World of Aeden, Ainenia, the Tree of Life, the Aghmaath, the Void, the Makers, the Templars, and much more…
The most pleasurable way we know is to get hold of The Apples of Aeden - volume one, The Girl and the Guardian -and begin reading.
What some early readers have said about Apples of Aeden:
“…this enchanting tale will help to shape the renaissance mythology for the new millennium. … one girl’s transformation on her journey to save the soul of the universe… For the first time since reading The Lord of the Rings, my imagination’s fancy soared with the landscapes created in my mind’s eye…”Anna Harris (doctor. Admittedly biased – she is Peter’s daughter)
“ABSOULTLY FABULOS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean seriously, move aside J.K Rowling!”
Olivia Brandt, (then 11)
“Better than Harry Potter! …Some say, and I fully believe, that there are only three true stories in the universe and that the rest are just twisted retellings of the original tales. However… I have unearthed a fourth...”
Alice Bailey (then 14)
: “…I loved the experience of the read... I was whisked away into fantasy…. Apples of Aeden really is an epic. A huge rich story in the telling. Your writing is, as always, sublime….”
Rachel Taylor (Muse, writer; fan of Mists of Avalon and Richard Bach)
“I do find the thing as a whole very remarkable – the wealth of detail, the extent of the imagined world, the concept in its totality.”
Christopher Goj (Editor, writer)
“Breathtaking, spellbinding, a lovely exciting read… thank you for re-awakening me to Faery.”
- Ian Leighton (Gardener)
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